Person:John Shumway (5)

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John Quincy Shumway
Facts and Events
Name John Quincy Shumway
Gender Male
Birth[3][4] 24 Jul 1823 Scioto, Ohio, United States
Marriage to Hettie Snyder
Death[3][4] 7 Mar 1897 Scioto, Ohio, United States
Burial[4] Shumway Cemetery, Scioto, Ohio, United States

Civil War Service

  • Private, Company D, 1st Lieutenant, Company F, 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery
  • Mustered in as a private, Company D, 9 August 1862
  • Transferred to Company F, 9 September 1862
  • Appointed Sergeant 18 October 1862
  • Appointed 1st Sergeant 1 January 1863
  • Promoted to 1st Lieutenant 10 August 1863
  • Mustered out 25 July 1865

Source: 1

Pension

  • Application 153081; Certificate 114211
  • Widow's Pension: Application 1707238, Certificate A10-28-32
  • Note on index card states "See S.C. 297178 George Brandan F 27 Ohio Inf; See S.C. 665116 W.C. 844444 David T. Johnson H 2 W Va Inf H 5 W Va Cav"

Source: 2

References
  1.   Foraker, J.B; H.A. Axline; and J.S. Robinson. Official roster of the soldiers of the state of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. (Akron [Ohio]: Werner Co., 1886-1895).
  2.   United States. Veterans Administration. Organization index to pension files of veterans who served between 1861 and 1900- [1917]. (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, 1949).
  3. 3.0 3.1 A Biographical history of central Kansas. (New York, New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1902)
    1:426.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Civil War Veterans Buried in Minford Community Cemeteries.